diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 2378355f..061139bb 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@
 				url: fileUrl,
 				type: type,
 				data: data,
+				dataType: "html",
 				success: function( html ) {
 					//pre-parse html to check for a data-url,
 					//use it as the new fileUrl, base path, etc